Apparatus for storing or storing and filing tailors&#39; patterns and the like



W. MILLER APPARATUS FOR STD RING OR-STORING AND FILING TAILORS PATTERNS AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 15, 1924 :s Sheets-Sheet Dec. 13, 1927. 1,652,450

W. MILLER APPARATUS FOR STORING on s'ronme AND FILING TAILORS PATTERNS AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 5. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet Dec. 13, 1927. 1,652,450

w. MILLER APPARATUS FOR STORING OR STORING AND FILING TAILORS PATTERNS AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 15 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE. J

WILLIAM MILLER, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR STORING OR STORING AND FILING TAILORS PATTERNS AND THE LIKE,

' Application filed September 15, 1924, Serial No. 737,767, and in Great Britain September 26, 19 23.,

. This invention has fo its main object to provide simple and etficient appliances for facilitating the quick and systematic filing away of paper patterns, templates and the like, and chiefly tailors or dressmakers patterns, whereby any one pattern whatever number there may be in one file, can be quickly found and removed Without disturbing the other patterns. A further object is to provide a file which is adapted to. allow or cause the patterns to lie slantingly in relation to the file, and thus permit the file, of a series of files to be arranged in situations where economy of room is a desideratum.

Tailors paper patterns are usually kept strung on a cord, or a hook, or a length of Wire, and to remove any one pattern it is often necessary to remove the wholeof the patterns. The patterns are sometimes marked to indicate the nature of the pattern, but not necessarily according to any methodical system of filing. A further object of this invention is to provide an index or indicator forming part ofthe file, whereby the pat terns singly or in groups are given a dis tinctive letter, numeral or mark by which it can be readily identified. I

- According to the invention, the improved file comprises an elongated plate-like mem ber formed along its lower-edge with open v ings or their equivalent and on its upper front part provided with an index'or indicator. Said 'file also comprises means for hingedly'supporting the same from a wall or. other fixture,'whereby the filemay lie parallel withthe wall, or be moved toan angle therewith, said hinged supporting means being either a simple bracket, or a.

compound bracket so that in the latter case,

the file maymove towards or awayjfrom the wall, as well as to various angles with the wall. In either case, theremay be a series of files hingedly connected to onesuport. a 1 p Combined with the file are hooks or suspenders, with or without further index data, whereby the patterns (singlyor in grou s) can be conveniently suspended from" the le, each hook or suspender being transferable from one position to another alon the file, or being removable and replaceab e'by another hook or suspender. 'Thehooks orsuspenders are preferably such as to allow the patterns to hang slantwise relatively to the file in plan and thus occupy a minimum'of space, when the file requires to lie parallel with the adjacent wall, or when two or more. files require to lie parallel and close to-' gether.

In the case of a series of files hinged to a common support, they will preferably be arranged so that the index or indicator of one file will show above the next file in front'of it (if any) when lyingparallel to the wall, thus enabling all the files to be visible with out requiring to open them out, and facilitating the finding ofeach pattern.

On the accompanyin drawings Fig. 1 illustrates a si eelevation' Fig.2 an end elevation and Fig. 3 a plan of a pattern-holding file,

constructed, according to the invention. Y

Fig. 1 also shows two hooks and suspended from the file. 7 Fig. 4 illustrates a side'view of a portion of a modification.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate one of the eyelets used with the patterns. r

Fig. 7 illustrates in plan an example of a plurality. of the improved pattern files disposed in a'cabinet containing three compartments.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 9Iillustrates a side. elevation of a modified form of the file, and adaptedto more easily carry a large number of patterns. f i

Fig. 10 illustrates a series of files hingedly supported on a carrier member common to all, which in turn is hingedly connected to wall brackets.

Fig. 11 illustrates at side elevation of the wall brackets. and carrier member.

Y Fig. 12 illustrates in plan the arrangement of files in Fig. 10 as they appear after and pin a ,'the member a ispivotally connected to a metal wall bracket b. In thesaid flattened part a are holes a, which are arranged as close together as the correct suspension of the patterns will allow.

Slidably fitting the groove formed by the channels a a is either a single long strip of paper cardboard, ivorine, or other material capable of being written or printed upon,

or preferably a number of separate narrow strips or tablets c of the like material, said strips being arranged side by side and competely filling the groove from end to end, one strip or tablet 0 being provided for each hole a as clearly seen in Figure 1. All the strips are preferably covered by a strip of transparent celluloid or like material, which is readily drawn out of the grooves when it is desired to transpose or change the tablets.

For each pattern, or set of patterns, a suspension hook (Z is provided,each hook having an elongated body part 01 formed like a safety pin, the hook proper (Z being set at an angle to the body part d so that, in use, the patterns 0 will set themselves at an angleto the file a as seen in Figure 3. Each pattern 6 is punched with a hole e which is rotected from being torn by the metal eyeet f roduced from athin strip of metal with t e tangs 7 which are forced through the paper and clenched on the opposite side.

Instead of forming holes a in the file a, hooks a may be formed as shown in Figure 4, or, instead of forming the elongated menr her a with grooves a a it may be formed as a single flatsheet of metal 9 as shown in Figure 8. In this case one end is formed with a cylindrical extension g by means of which the file is pivotally mounted in a bracket b while the bottom edge is formed with holes 9 to receive the pattern hooks (Z as in the last example but instead of the grooves, a series of projections g are provided near the top edge upon which the filing tablets c are suspended. The projections g are conveniently formed by punching tongues up from the metal.

The tablets 0 may have written thereon any desired information by means of which the patterns may be readily identified, and different coloured tablets may be used to identify different classes of patterns, for in stance, similar patterns but of different sizes may be all indexed under one colour, and it will be obvious that a great number of patterns may be stored in a manner which allow of quick identification and ready accessibility. l igure T shows how fifteen tiles, with their pendent patterns, may be compactly arranged in a cabinet having three compartments.

Referring now to Fig. 9, the tile therein shown, instead of being made of sheet metal, is made of cast or malleable metal, and to more robust proportions than the file shown in Fig. 1, whereby a greater weight of patterns can be supported. Further, in place of a separate hole for each pattern hook, elrrngated openings in are provlded, the lower edges oi the openings being scolloped, to position the hooks. The top part of the file is provided with a. web c'to which the indexholding plate j is secured by screws or rivets. The tile is hingedly supported bya cast or malleable metal bracket 7: which is adapted to be screwed to a wall or like fixture.

In the case of sets of patterns, requiring to be suspeinled by more than one hook, but indexed under one heading, an intermediate suspender is provided. This consists of a metal stamping, provided with an eye part Z for the series of hooks to en age, a fiat part or for index data, corresponding tothat on the tile tablet, and a loo n for engaging an S hook 0. The size (width) of the sus-. ponder will vary with the number of pat terns to be suspended by one suspender.

In Figs. 1t), 11 and 12,a seriesof files are shown hingedly mounted on a bar Said tiles may be made similar to those s own in Fig. 1, or preferably similar to those shown in Fig. 9, the hinge barrel part beingmade to a length suitable for fitting between pairs of lugs p 11. The bar is inclined to the vertical hinge pin 12, whereby the several tiles lie at dillerent elevations and thereby allow of all the indicators being visible when lying parallel with the wall,and eitherwhen the bar is at right angles to the wall as shown in Fig. 10, or when inclined thereto as shown in Fig. 12.

Owing to the suspenders being free to swivel as also the hooks, and owing also to the loop portion of each hook lying at right angles to the hook proper the patterns, when suspended from thefiles, lie in a plane almost parallel with the files and thus allow of a large number being filed away in a small space. Moreover, when the bar 1) is swun to a position almost parallel with the wall: the patterns on one file offer no obstruct-ion to the closing in of the next file.

To prevent the tiles swinging forwardly beyond the position shown in "Fig. 10, a' short chain 1 is provided connecting the front file to the bar 7) or to the hinge pin of the next file. Obviously there may benlore (or less) thanfourtiles to one carrier bar, and there may also be files on both sides of the bar.

To facilitate standardization and produetion in quantities, to suit various requirements the bar p and the members 6 maybe made in sections, rigidly or hingedly conneoted together. In the case oi the bar 1) the hinge pins may serve also astheliinge pins of the members a.

Theiniproved apparatus may be used for storing or filing away other than tailors patterns, such as dressmakers patterns, te1nplates, sheets, charts or the like and in fact,

any article capable of being suspended and stored in like manner to tailors paper patterns.

What I claim is 1. Apparatus for systematically storing or filing away paper patterns, templates and the like, comprising a series of elongated V plate-like pattern-carrying membersfa bar vit) to which said plate-like pattern-carrying members are hingedly connected at one end and a wall bracket tofwhich said, bar is hingedly connectedat one end, the bar being 7 'movable to a position at right angles to the adjacent Wall and to a position almost par- "allel with'the wall, and said plate-like members also being movable to positions parallel with the wall and with each other, asset forth.

2. Apparatus for systematicallystoring or filing away paper patterns, templates and the like, comprising a series'of elongated plate-like pattern-carrying members, a bar to which said plate-like pattern-carrying members are hingedly connected at one end, and a wall bracket to which said bar is a hingedly connected at one end, the bar lying at an angle to its hinge pin, and the several plate-like pattern carrying members lying 

